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Members of the Boise City Council are (back, L-R) council members TJ Thomson, Ben Quintana, Lauren McLean, Scot Ludwig (front, L-R) Council Pro Tem Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter and Council President Maryanne Jordan.

The Mayor works full-time, managing the day-to-day operations of the City and providing leadership and policy direction to the City Council. The Mayor chairs all meetings of the City Council, voting only in the case of a tie. The six members of the City Council work part-time, holding budget and policy-setting authority for the city. The Mayor and City Council members are elected at large by popular vote. City Council members are elected to a specific Council seat, but the seats are not determined geographically. City elections are held in odd number years (e.g. 2007, 2009, 2011).

According to the plea agreement, members
of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force received
information that Ireland had used peer-to-peer file sharing
software on his computer to access child pornography on three
occasions in May 2011. A search warrant was executed at his home
and resulted in the seizure of computers and computer storage media
that contained more than 600 sexually explicit images and videos of
minors, including prepubescent minors.

The charge carries a maximum punishment
of up to 10 years in prison, a fine up to $250,000, and a minimum
of five years to lifetime supervised release.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 1, 2012,
before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal
courthouse in Boise.

The case was investigated by officers
from the Boise Police Department affiliated with the ICAC Task
Force, and assisted by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)